ARL News

Two graduate students from the University of Maryland, College Park, recently spent some time at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory looking into the marketability of the lab's patented technology.
Specifically, the students looked at technology that was invented to explore another method of performing human locomotion to replace the lab's current Omni Directional...

ORLANDO – Gen. Dennis Via, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, recently spent the day visiting Army organizations in the Orlando Research Park.
He kicked off his one-day visit at the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation where he met with Maj. Gen. Jon Maddux and his leadership team before heading...

As this summer draws to a close, students across the country will reflect on whether they have engaged in meaningful summer experiences. For one student, Jacqueline Le, a junior at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art studying mechanical engineering, there is an easy conclusion. For the past eight years, Le wisely took advantage of the U.S. Army...

The ninth annual U.S. Army Research Laboratory Summer Student Symposium was recently held at the Adelphi Laboratory Center and showcased the summer student research activity conducted at ARL.
Various poster presentations were held throughout the day, and 13 graduate and undergraduate student presentations were presented and evaluated by the ARL Fellows and...

Dr. John D. Clayton of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory recently published a research monograph entitled "Differential Geometry and Kinematics of Continua" through World Scientific, a leading international publisher in science, technology and medicine.
The book's primary purpose is to provide precise definitions and complete derivations of fundamental mathematical...

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory recently hosted a successful Atmospheric Science Center workshop at the lab's White Sands Missile Range facility in New Mexico.
Thirty guests representing 10 universities, seven government agencies, and three private industry partners—including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, New Mexico State University, and the University...

Several students recently attended the weeklong Gains in the Education of Math and Science program at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The program is run by the Army Educational Outreach Program and is designed as an extracurricular science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The program provides rising 5th through 12th grade students hands-on...

Aberdeen, MD (July 31, 2015) – Representatives from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory will gather today with leaders from University Center, Northeastern Maryland University Research Park, Northeastern Maryland Technology Council and Susquehanna Workforce Network to sign and initiate a new agreement to forge a global collaborative network. This partnership...

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Chief Scientist Dr. Joseph Mait received the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Senior Professional during a recognition ceremony held June 22 at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
Presidential Rank Awards are the nation's highest award for civil service and are offered annually to officials throughout the federal government....

Dr. Jessie Y.C. Chen, a senior research psychologist at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Human Research and Engineering Directorate in Orlando, Florida, was appointed to be an associate editor of the IEEE Robotics and Automation – Letters, which is a new journal the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society launched this summer.
Raja Chatila, president...

ORLANDO -- ARL Director Dr. Thomas Russell retired Col. Gary L. Laase, deputy director of ARL's Human Research and Engineering Directorate at the Simulation and Training Technology Center in Orlando on July 8, 2015.
Laase served the Army for more than 30 years spending the last year at the STTC. The ceremony was well attended by the Joint services and...

ORLANDO - Team Orlando members gathered to welcome incoming U.S. Army Research Laboratory Human Research and Engineering Directorate Deputy Director Col. Harold A. Buhl, Jr. on July 8, 2015.
Col. Buhl comes to ARL from the Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation where he was the Project Manager, Combined Arms Tactical Trainers...